Constellation Antlia (Air Pump)

Properties

Like many of the «modern» constellations, Antlia is an inconspicuous gap filler between the large and bright constellations east of the Milky Way ribbon. The star alignment is in no way like an air pump. The area is 239 square degrees. The constellation lies between Hydra and Vela and culminates at midnight on around February 22nd. For Central Europe it just comes up over the southern horizon in winter. ^{[9, 15]}

Data for constellation Antlia ^[150]
IAU Name	Antlia
IAU Genitive	Antliae
IAU Abbr.	Ant
English Name	Air Pump
Season (47° N)	December … April
Right Ascension	09^h 26^m 56^s … 11^h 05^m 55^s
Declination	-40° 25' 29" … -24° 32' 33"
Area	239 deg²
Neighbours (N↻)	Hya, Pyx, Vel, Cen

History

The French astronomer Abbé Nicolas Louis de Lacaille introduced the constellation Antlia Pneumatica around 1752 . It was supposed to commemorate the invention of the air pump by the English physicist Robert Boyle. Lacaille, who was the first to completely map the southern sky from an observatory on the Cape of Good Hope , has created several new constellations to close the gaps between existing figures. Most of these constellations, however, are just as inconspicuous as this one. The name was shortened to Antlia in 1930 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). ^{[7, 10, 15]}

Catalogs

Yale Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+, 1991) ^[154]
HR	B	RA [hms]	Dec [dms]	vMag	spType	dMag	Sep ["]
3765	ε	09 29 14.7	-35 57 05	4.51	K3IIIa
3780	ζ¹	09 30 45.4	-31 53 29	7.00	A2V	0.7	8.0
3781	ζ¹	09 30 46.1	-31 53 22	6.18	A0V	0.7	8.0
3789	ζ²	09 31 32.2	-31 52 19	5.93	A9IV
3871	θ	09 44 12.1	-27 46 10	4.79	A8V+F7II-III	0.2	0.1
3947	η	09 58 52.3	-35 53 28	5.23	F1III-IV	6.0	31.1
4104	α	10 27 09.1	-31 04 04	4.25	K4III
4118	δ	10 29 35.4	-30 36 26	5.56	B9.5V	3.9	10.9
4273	ι	10 56 43.1	-37 08 16	4.60	K1III

Revised+Historic NGC/IC, Version 22/9, © Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke ^[277]
Galaxies
Name	RA	Dec	Type	bMag	vMag	Dim	Dreyer Description	Identification, Remarks
NGC 2904	09 30 16.9	-30 23 06	E/SB0	13.4	12.3	1.2 × 0.8	F, S, lE, psbM	ESO 434-6, MCG -5-23-3, AM 0928-300
NGC 2997	09 45 38.6	-31 11 26	SBc	10.1	9.5	8.9 × 6.8	! vF, vL, vgvsbMN 4", 19s.5 d	ESO 434-35, MCG -5-23-12, UGCA 181, AM 0943-305
NGC 3001	09 46 18.5	-30 26 13	SBbc	12.7	11.9	2.9 × 2	F, S, R, * 12 att 320°	ESO 434-38, MCG -5-23-14, UGCA 183, AM 0944-301
NGC 3038	09 51 15.3	-32 45 13	Sb	12.4	11.6	2.5 × 1.4	pB, pS, R	ESO 374-2, MCG -5-24-1, AM 0949-323
NGC 3051	09 53 58.4	-27 17 10	E/SB0	12.8	11.8	2.1 × 1.9	pF, S, R, gbM, nf of 2	ESO 499-16, MCG -4-24-4
NGC 3056	09 54 32.7	-28 17 54	SB0-a	12.6	11.7	1.8 × 1.1	pB, S, R, vgmbM, * 11 att 204°	ESO 435-7, MCG -5-24-3, AM 0952-280
NGC 3082	09 58 52.9	-30 21 27	E-S0	13.5	12.5	1.8 × 0.7	vF, S, R, D * att	ESO 435-18, MCG -5-24-11, AM 0956-300
NGC 3084	09 59 06.1	-27 07 42	SBab/P	13.1	12.3	1.8 × 1.6	vF, S, R, * 13 att sf	IC 2528, ESO 499-29, MCG -4-24-10
NGC 3087	09 59 08.6	-34 13 32	E0	11.6	10.5	2 × 2	pB, S, R, pmbM, bet 2 st	ESO 374-15, MCG -6-22-5, AM 0956-335
NGC 3089	09 59 36.6	-28 19 52	SBb	13.0	12.2	1.8 × 1	pF, pS, R, vS st inv	ESO 435-24, MCG -5-24-14, AM 0957-280
NGC 3095	10 00 05.7	-31 33 12	SBc	12.4	11.7	3.6 × 2	F, L, E, vgvlbm	ESO 435-26, MCG -5-24-16, UGCA 192, AM 0957-311, IRAS 09578-3118
NGC 3100	10 00 40.8	-31 39 51	SB0	12.0	11.1	3.2 × 1.7	pB, pS, R, gpmbM	NGC 3103, ESO 435-30, MCG -5-24-18, AM 0958-312
NGC 3108	10 02 29.1	-31 40 33	S0-a	12.8	11.8	2.5 × 1.8	F, S, R, glbM	ESO 435-32, MCG -5-24-19, AM 1000-312
NGC 3113	10 04 26.0	-28 26 41	SBcd	13.2	12.5	3.3 × 1.1	eF, L, Δ 2 st 8 m	ESO 435-35, MCG -5-24-21, UGCA 198, AM 1002-281, IRAS 10021-2812
NGC 3120	10 05 22.8	-34 13 15	SBbc	13.5	12.8	1.8 × 1.2	F, pS, R, gbM	ESO 374-29, MCG -6-22-17, IRAS 10031-3358
NGC 3125	10 06 33.2	-29 56 08	E4	13.5	13.0	1.1 × 0.7	cF, S, R, vgbM	ESO 435-41, MCG -5-24-22, AM 1004-294, TOL 3, IRAS 10042-2941
NGC 3137	10 09 07.4	-29 03 49	SBc	12.1	11.5	6.2 × 2.2	vF, S, lE	ESO 435-47, MCG -5-24-24, UGCA 203, AM 1006-284, IRAS 10068-2849
NGC 3157	10 11 42.4	-31 38 34	SBc	13.9	13.2	2.5 × 0.5	vF, pS, E, * 8·9 sp	IC 2555, ESO 435-51, MCG -5-24-26, IRAS 10094-3123
NGC 3173	10 14 35.0	-27 41 36	Sc	13.5	12.8	2.1 × 1.7	eF, S, R, 2 B st f	ESO 500-16, MCG -4-24-22, AM 1012-272, IRAS 10122-2726
NGC 3175	10 14 42.3	-28 52 16	SBab	12.1	11.2	5.1 × 1.3	cB, L, mE 51°, vglbM	ESO 436-3, MCG -5-24-28, UGCA 207, IRAS 10124-2837, VV 796, AM 1012-283
NGC 3223	10 21 34.8	-34 16 01	Sb	11.8	11.0	4.1 × 2.7	pB, vL, vlE, pslbMN	IC 2571, ESO 375-12, MCG -6-23-23, IRAS 10193-3400
NGC 3224	10 21 41.1	-34 41 46	E2	12.0	11.0	1.9 × 1.5	vF, pS, R, vgmbM	ESO 375-13, MCG -6-23-24
NGC 3241	10 24 17.0	-32 29 00	SBab	13.0	12.2	2.4 × 1.6	F, pmE, glbM, * 11 np	ESO 436-16, MCG -5-25-2, IRAS 10220-3213
NGC 3244	10 25 28.8	-39 49 40	Sc	12.9	12.3	2.1 × 1.8	vF, * 11 n 90"	ESO 317-24, MCG -7-22-5, IRAS 10232-3934
NGC 3249	10 26 22.0	-34 57 50	SBc	13.6	12.9	1.6 × 1.3	eF, pL, R, vgvlbM	ESO 375-24, MCG -6-23-28, IRAS 10240-3442
NGC 3250	10 26 32.1	-39 56 37	E4	12.2	11.1	2.7 × 2	pB, pL, R, vgpsbM, * 13, 45°	ESO 317-26, MCG -7-22-7
NGC 3250 A	10 27 53.6	-40 04 52	Sb	15.7	14.9	1.1 × 0.2	pB, pL, R, vgpsbM, * 13, 45°	ESO 317-30, IRAS 10257-3949
NGC 3250 C	10 27 42.3	-40 00 09	Sab	14.3	13.5	1.7 × 0.5	pB, pL, R, vgpsbM, * 13, 45°	ESO 317-28, MCG -7-22-8, IRAS 10255-3944
NGC 3250 D	10 27 57.8	-39 48 55	S0	14.3	13.3	1.7 × 0.3	pB, pL, R, vgpsbM, * 13, 45°	ESO 317-31, MCG -7-22-11
NGC 3250 E	10 29 00.8	-40 04 57	SBc	13.2	12.5	2.1 × 1.4	pB, pL, R, vgpsbM, * 13, 45°	ESO 317-34, MCG -7-22-13, IRAS 10268-3949
NGC 3257	10 28 47.0	-35 39 29	E/SB0	14.1	13.1	1 × 0.9	vF, vS, R, psbM, 1st of 4	ESO 375-36, MCG -6-23-31
NGC 3258	10 28 53.4	-35 36 18	E1	12.5	11.5	2.9 × 2.5	cF, S, R, pslbM, 2nd of 4	ESO 375-37, MCG -6-23-32
NGC 3258 A	10 28 19.1	-35 27 17	SB0-a	14.1	13.2	1.1 × 0.5	cF, S, R, pslbM, 2nd of 4	ESO 375-32, MCG -6-23-30
NGC 3258 B	10 30 25.1	-35 33 49	S0	15.2	14.2	1 × 0.3	cF, S, R, pslbM, 2nd of 4
NGC 3258 C	10 31 24.1	-35 13 12	SBa	14.6	13.7	1.1 × 0.8	cF, S, R, pslbM, 2nd of 4	ESO 375-53, MCG -6-23-48
NGC 3258 D	10 31 55.6	-35 24 37	SBb	14.0	13.2	1.6 × 0.9	cF, S, R, pslbM, 2nd of 4	ESO 375-58, MCG -6-23-51
NGC 3258 E	10 32 24.8	-34 59 53	Sb	15.4	14.6	1.5 × 0.3	cF, S, R, pslbM, 2nd of 4	ESO 375-60, MCG -6-23-51B
NGC 3260	10 29 06.1	-35 35 45	E3	13.7	12.6	1.2 × 0.9	vvF, vS, R, pslbM, 3rd of 4	ESO 375-40, MCG -6-23-33
NGC 3267	10 29 48.5	-35 19 22	SB0	13.4	12.4	1.7 × 1	eF, vS, R, 1st of 4	ESO 375-42, MCG -6-23-36, AM 1027-350
NGC 3268	10 30 00.3	-35 19 32	E2	12.5	11.5	3 × 2.5	F, S, R, 2nd of 4	ESO 375-45, MCG -6-23-41, AM 1027-350
NGC 3269	10 29 57.0	-35 13 26	SB0-a	13.1	12.2	2.4 × 1.1	F, S, R, bM, 3rd of 4	ESO 375-44, MCG -6-23-40, AM 1027-350
NGC 3271	10 30 26.5	-35 21 36	SB0	12.9	11.8	3.3 × 1.8	pF, S, E, pmbM, 4th of 4	IC 2585, ESO 375-48, MCG -6-23-44, AM 1027-350
NGC 3273	10 30 29.0	-35 36 40	SB0	13.6	12.5	1.6 × 0.7	vF, vS, R, pslbM, 4th of 4	ESO 375-49, MCG -6-23-45, AM 1027-350
NGC 3275	10 30 51.7	-36 44 13	SBab	12.2	11.8	2.8 × 2.1	F, L, vlE, pslbM	ESO 375-50, MCG -6-23-46, AM 1028-362, IRAS 10286-3628
NGC 3275 A	10 30 04.1	-36 41 41	Sa	15.1	14.2	1 × 0.3	F, L, vlE, pslbM	ESO 375-46
NGC 3276	10 31 09.1	-39 56 42	S0	14.4	13.4	1 × 0.6	F, S, * 8 p	ESO 317-40
NGC 3278	10 31 35.5	-39 57 21	Sc	12.9	12.2	1.3 × 0.9	F, S, R, D * nf	ESO 317-43, MCG -7-22-21, IRAS 10293-3941
NGC 3281	10 31 52.2	-34 51 16	Sab	12.7	11.7	3.2 × 1.6	eF, pL, E, glbM	ESO 375-55, MCG -6-23-50, AM 1029-343, IRAS 10295-3435
NGC 3281 A	10 31 58.3	-35 11 55	SB0	14.4	13.4	1.2 × 1	eF, pL, E, glbM	ESO 375-59, MCG -6-23-49
NGC 3281 B	10 31 52.0	-35 12 19	S0	14.6	13.6	0.7 × 0.6	eF, pL, E, glbM
NGC 3281 C	10 32 59.3	-34 53 11	S0	14.3	13.3	1.4 × 0.3	eF, pL, E, glbM	ESO 375-63, MCG -6-23-53
NGC 3281 D	10 34 18.9	-34 24 11	SBcd	14.7	14.0	2 × 0.4	eF, pL, E, glbM	ESO 375-68, MCG -6-23-55
NGC 3289	10 34 07.3	-35 19 23	SB0-a	13.4	12.5	2.2 × 0.6	eF, vS, R	ESO 375-65, MCG -6-23-54
NGC 3302	10 35 47.4	-32 21 30	S0	13.3	12.3	1.6 × 1.2	eF, S, R	ESO 437-7, MCG -5-25-20, AM 1033-320
NGC 3333	10 39 49.7	-36 02 10	SBbc	13.9	13.2	2.1 × 0.4	eF, vS, mE, * 15 att	ESO 376-2, MCG -6-24-1, IRAS 10375-3546
NGC 3347	10 42 46.6	-36 21 12	SBb	12.2	11.3	3.4 × 2.1	pF, S, mE 0° ±, vsvmbM, 1st of 3	ESO 376-13, MCG -6-24-7
NGC 3347 A	10 40 20.5	-36 24 45	SBc	13.5	12.8	2 × 0.8	pF, S, mE 0° ±, vsvmbM, 1st of 3	ESO 376-4, MCG -6-24-2, AM 1038-360, IRAS 10380-3609
NGC 3347 B	10 42 00.2	-36 56 11	SBcd	13.7	13.0	3.2 × 0.8	pF, S, mE 0° ±, vsvmbM, 1st of 3	ESO 376-10, MCG -6-24-5, IRAS 10397-3640
NGC 3347 C	10 40 53.8	-36 17 19	SBcd	14.8	14.1	1.4 × 1.1	pF, S, mE 0° ±, vsvmbM, 1st of 3	ESO 376-5, MCG -6-24-3
NGC 3354	10 43 02.8	-36 21 46	S?	13.7	13.2	0.7 × 0.7	F, S, vlE, psbM, 2nd of 3	ESO 376-14, MCG -6-24-8, AM 1040-360, IRAS 10407-3606
NGC 3358	10 43 33.0	-36 24 39	SB0-a	12.3	11.4	3.2 × 1.8	cF, vS, vlE, vS * att, 3rd of 3	ESO 376-17, MCG -6-24-9, IRAS 10412-3609
NGC 3378	10 46 43.3	-40 00 56	SBbc	13.3	12.5	1.5 × 1.4	cF, S, R, glbM	ESO 318-12, MCG -7-22-29, IRAS 10444-3945
NGC 3449	10 52 53.8	-32 55 40	SBab	12.5	11.7	3.3 × 1	F, S, R, * 6·7 sf	ESO 376-25, MCG -5-26-10, IRAS 10505-3240
IC 2492	09 33 14.8	-37 52 00	Sab	15.8	15.0	0.7 × 0.3	cF, vS, R, B * 1' np, susp	ESO 315-13
IC 2507	09 44 33.6	-31 47 26	IBm	13.3	12.7	1.7 × 0.8	vF, S, R, * 12.5 nr nf, * 9 np	ESO 434-31, MCG -5-23-9, AM 0942-313
IC 2510	09 47 43.5	-32 50 16	SBab	13.3	12.5	1.3 × 0.7	eF, vS, cE 140°, bM, susp	ESO 373-29, MCG -5-23-17, AM 0945-323
IC 2511	09 49 24.2	-32 50 21	SBab	12.9	12.1	2.9 × 0.6	pB, pS, eE, * 7 np, np of 2	IC 2512, MCG -5-23-18, ESO 374-49, AM 0947-323
IC 2514	09 50 00.6	-32 53 02	Sab	13.3	12.5	3 × 0.6	eeF, eS, 3 F st nr f, nf of 2	IC 2513, MCG -5-23-19, ESO 374-50, PGC 28283, AM 0947-323
IC 2517	09 52 50.7	-33 44 31	S0 R	15.4	14.4	0.6 × 0.5	eeF, S, R, susp	ESO 374-6
IC 2522	09 55 08.9	-33 08 13	SBc	12.9	12.2	2.8 × 1.9	vF, cL, R, * 8 n, susp	ESO 374-10, MCG -5-24-4, UGCA 189, AM 0952-325, IRAS 09529-3254
IC 2523	09 55 09.4	-33 12 40	SBbc	13.8	13.0	1.3 × 0.8	vF, vS, cE 20°, susp	ESO 374-11, MCG -5-24-5, AM 0952-325, IRAS 09529-3258
IC 2526	09 57 02.9	-32 15 25	SB0	13.6	12.6	2.1 × 0.7	vF, S, R, * 7.5 nf	ESO 435-12, MCG -5-24-8
IC 2531	09 59 55.7	-29 37 04	Sc	12.9	12.0	6.9 × 0.6	eeF, pS, cE, 4 st n, nf, D * np	ESO 435-25, MCG -5-24-15, UGCA 191, FGCE 786, AM 0957-292, "little N 891"
IC 2532	10 00 05.4	-34 13 42	SBa	14.0	13.1	1.4 × 1	cB, S, stell N	ESO 374-16, MCG -6-22-7, AM 0957-335, IRAS 09579-3359
IC 2533	10 00 31.5	-31 14 42	E-S0	13.0	12.0	1.8 × 1.3	cB, S, R	ESO 435-27, MCG -5-24-17
IC 2534	10 01 29.8	-34 06 45	S0-a	13.4	12.5	1 × 0.6	cB, S, R	ESO 374-19, MCG -6-22-11, AM 0959-335
IC 2536	10 03 30.0	-33 57 01	SBc	14.3	13.6	1.9 × 0.4	F, S, E 50°, cbM	ESO 374-26, IRAS 10012-3342
IC 2537	10 03 51.8	-27 34 17	SBc	12.8	12.1	2.5 × 1.7	eeF, L, cE	ESO 499-39, MCG -4-24-15, UGCA 197, AM 1001-272
IC 2538	10 03 56.6	-34 48 26	SBc	14.4	13.7	1.5 × 0.8	vF, vS, R, cbM	ESO 374-27, MCG -6-22-15, IRAS 10017-3434
IC 2539	10 04 16.0	-31 21 45	Sbc	13.9	13.1	1.9 × 0.5	cF, vS, cE 30°, vmbM	ESO 435-34, MCG -5-24-20, AM 1002-310, IRAS 10020-3107
IC 2546	10 07 05.0	-33 15 43	S	15.6	14.8	0.8 × 0.6	vF, vS, R, bet 2 st	ESO 374-36
IC 2548	10 07 54.9	-35 13 47	SBb	13.9	13.1	1.9 × 1.7	eF, vS, R, bM, dif	ESO 374-37, MCG -6-23-1, AM 1005-345
IC 2552	10 10 46.1	-34 50 40	E/SB0	13.5	12.5	1.6 × 1.5	cB, S, R, bM	ESO 374-40, MCG -6-23-7
IC 2556	10 12 37.5	-34 43 42	SBcd	14.4	13.7	2 × 1	eF, S, stell N	ESO 374-42, MCG -6-23-12, AM 1010-342, IRAS 10104-3428
IC 2558	10 14 44.4	-34 20 13	Sd	14.3	13.7	1.2 × 0.7	cF, vS, cE 10°, cbM	ESO 375-1, MCG -6-23-18, IRAS 10125-3405
IC 2559	10 14 45.3	-34 03 31	SBb	14.2	13.4	1.7 × 0.7	eF, S, lE 10°, cbM	ESO 375-2, MCG -6-23-19, IRAS 10125-3348
IC 2560	10 16 18.6	-33 33 48	SBb	12.5	11.7	3.1 × 2	eF, pS, am 4 st	ESO 375-4, MCG -5-25-1, IRAS 10140-3318
IC 2563	10 18 51.9	-32 35 48	SBcd/P	15.7	15.0	1.1 × 0.5	eF, vS, eE 110°, eF * s	ESO 436-9
IC 2570	10 21 34.3	-33 37 24	SBbc	15.7	14.9	0.8 × 0.5	eF, eS, mE 150°, 3 st sf	ESO 375-11
IC 2573	10 23 30.2	-35 27 23	SBcd	15.2	14.5	1.5 × 0.4	eF, vS, eE 0°	ESO 375-17
IC 2575	10 25 24.0	-32 38 10	Sc	15.9	15.1	0.7 × 0.5	eF, vS, R	ESO 436-17
IC 2576	10 25 58.9	-32 54 13	Sbc	14.8	14.0	0.8 × 0.7	F, S, R	ESO 375-23, MCG -5-25-3, AM 1023-323, IRAS 10236-3238
IC 2578	10 27 22.7	-33 52 42	Sc	14.9	14.2	1.5 × 0.3	eF, vS, eE 135°	ESO 375-29, IRAS 10250-3337
IC 2580	10 28 17.7	-31 31 04	SBc	13.2	12.5	1.9 × 1.7	cB, S, bM	ESO 436-25, MCG -5-25-4, IRAS 10260-3115
IC 2582	10 29 11.2	-30 20 34	SBc	13.6	12.9	1.4 × 1.3	bM, indistinct (corner of plate)	ESO 436-28, MCG -5-25-6, IRAS 10268-3005
IC 2584	10 29 51.4	-34 54 42	S0	13.6	12.7	1.5 × 0.3	cB, bM	ESO 375-43, MCG -6-23-37
IC 2587	10 30 59.5	-34 33 46	E/SB0	13.3	12.3	2 × 1.5	cB, bM	ESO 375-51, MCG -6-23-47, IRAS 10287-3418
IC 2588	10 31 50.1	-30 23 02	SBa	13.6	12.7	1.4 × 1.2	eeF, pL, R, D * nr sf	ESO 436-33, MCG -5-25-9, AM 1029-300, IRAS 10295-3007

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